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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 28, 2024Scott County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2024, 8:11 PM CDT for Scott County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2024, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2024, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Scott County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.8

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita42 min
Apr 28, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott36 min
Apr 28, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLogan, Scott35 min
Apr 28, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita31 min
Apr 28, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Lincoln64 min
Apr 28, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLogan47 min
Apr 28, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan35 min
Apr 28, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton33 min
Apr 28, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBoone33 min
Apr 28, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKArkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln34 min
Apr 28, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone19 min
Apr 28, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton42 min
Apr 28, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan37 min
Apr 28, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKArkansas, Desha28 min
Apr 28, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke24 min
Apr 28, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner35 min
Apr 29, 10:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Lawrence4 days
Apr 29, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson45 min
Apr 29, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott45 min
Apr 29, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott10 min
Apr 29, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope31 min
Apr 29, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway33 min
Apr 29, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway33 min
Apr 29, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry47 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.